Machine for applying cartons to bottles.



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APPLICATION FILED MAR.27, 1911.

1,016,805, Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR.27,1911.

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MACHINE FOR APPLYING OARTONS T0 BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27,1911.

1,016,805. Patented Feb.6, 1912.

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To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, CLIFFORD E. WENDTE and JOHN. NAsH, citizens of the United States, residing at North Yakima, in the matically 'to the point of use and there opened out successively so as to permit a bottle to be readily inserted thereinto.

Another object is to provide a 'carriercon- I stituting bottle receiving means and which serves to convey the bottle and the carton in which it is housed, from the machine.-

A further object is to provide improved means for holding thecartons while colthe cartons without injuring them.

lapsed and additional means for opening With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the'description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of, construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, the preferred' form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings.:-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the. machine. 2 isv a plan" view thereof. Fig; 3 is a section on line A-]B Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on line CD Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan View of a portion of the machine and showing the folded cartons in. place at the feed end thereof. Fig. 6 is'a plan view of another portion of the machine and showing the folded cartons in position immediatelypridr to the unfoldin of one of them. Fig. 7 isa plan view 0 portions of the structure; shown in 6*and showing a carton opened to receive a bottle.

which may be used in connection with the earto'nfeeding apparatus.

MACHINE For. APPLYING cA'R'roivs To BOTTLES.

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.two belts are provided-with rist1es'39 converging away- Fig. 8 is an en- 1 larged section through" the conveyer an-d Patented Feb. 6,1912.

reference 1 designates a table suitably sup- Referring to thefigures by characters of I ported and having a longitudinal slot 2 be-- I low which is mounted a feed screw 3 extend,-

ing in the direction of the length of the slot and suitably journaled at its ends. This screw has a gear 4 adjacent one end thereof and which meshes with another gear 5 receiving motion from a gear 6 to the shaft 7 of which is secured spaced pulleys 8. Gear 5 is secured to a longitudinally extending shaft 9 extending to the feed end of the machine and provided at said end with a gear 10 meshing with another gear 11 secured to a shaft 12. This shaft has a sprocket 13 through a chain 14, from another sprocket 15 secured to a drive shaft 16. A pulley 17 sprocket 20 secured to a crank shaft 21.,

vsecured thereto and which receives mot-ion The crank of this shaft is connected,- by a pitman 22, to a slidable cross head23 in turn attached to the piston of a suction pump 24.

therefrom and upwardly above the table,

said pipe opening into a guide tube 26 in one endof' the guide and terminating in a head 29. A spring '30 bears against the head and also, against a standard 31 UITT This pump has an intake pipe 25 extending standing from the table and serves to hold the head 32 of the nozzle normally drawn Pulleys 35 are preferably formed with teeth or projections 37 for engaging the belts 33,

there beingopenings' 38 Within the middle "portions of the belts for' receiving these teeth. The inner oriadjoining runs of the referablyqparallel and are from-the .nozzle 27 and, forming opposed iflexible brushes. A Presser head in the form 'ofa yoke 4&0 connects these ends of the brushes farthest-removed from the; nozzle and is mounted on a standard 41 which slides onithe table 1 and" has, a tongue 42 projecting through the slot 2. This tongue carries a feed nut 43 preferably made up of separable sections, as indicated particularly in Fig. 9, said sections, when clamped together, engaging the feed screw 3 but being readily movable" apart so as to become dis engaged from the screw to thus permit the yoke and its standard to be shifted longi-' tudinally of the table and independently of the feed screw.

A supporting frame '44 extends laterally from the table 1 and carries spaced pulleys 45 alining with the corresponding pulleys 8,

these'pulleys 8 and 45 supporting an end less belt 46. Said belt is provided, along its longitudinal center, with substantially conical pockets 47 sufficiently large toreceive inverted bottles and cartons thereon- These The inner or adjoining runs of the two belts 33 are preferably backd by strips 49 extending upwardly from the table 1.

In using the machine, a series of cartons is placed between the belts 33 so that opposite edge portions of the folded cartons will be engaged by the brushes 39. .The cartons are bowed transversely so as to fit snugly within the yoke 40. When the machine is .open carton and will set in motion the screw. 3 is rotated by the mechanism described, thus feeding the nut 42 toward the nozzle 27 At the same time the two-brushes 39, which engage opposite edge portionsof the folded cartons, will be shifted longitudinally by thecartons which, as heretofore stated, are forcedtoward the nozzle by the yoke,44 As'the cartons are bowed and are engaged by the brushes, they will be firmly supported by the brushes and will move very slowly in the direction of the transverse slot 48 as the screw 3 rotates. A suction is setup and maintained through nozzle 27 by the pump 24fwhich is actuated by the mechanism shown and described. The head of 'the nozzle is normally located close to the guide 26. As the first of the series offolded' cartons reaches the slot 48, the operator presses nozzle'27 longitudinally against the stress of its spring 30 and thus brings the head of the nozzle against the first carton of the series. As there is a continuous suction through the nozzle, it

will be apparent that the near side of the carton will cling to the. nozzle and, asfsoon as said nozzle is released by the operator, the spring 30 will return it to its initial po sition and thus open but the cartoii as indicated in Fig. 7. A bottle can then be inverted by the operator and inserted into the move downwardly by gravity into a pocket 47 which, at this time, is brought to position directly under the carton. The bottle will carry the opened carton therewith and said carton will be seated in the pocket and will be conveyed with the bottle to the discharge end of the conveyer 46 where the bottle and the carton can be readily removed and packed. The cartons will be fed to the nozzle only as fast as needed and after all of the cartons of the series have been. opened and removed from the machine, the feed nut 43 can be disengaged from the screw 3 and shiftedback to its initial position and then again clamped onto the screw and another series of folded cartons placed in the path of the yoke 40.

The machine herein described is especially designed for use in connectionnwith bottle labeling machines, the bottles as soon as they receive their labels, being supplied to the present machine and then placed in the cartons in the manner hereinbefore set forth. It is to be understood, however, that the, machine is not to be restricted for use in connection with labeling machines.

What is claimed is 1. A machine of the class described in cluding a movable presser head, a suction device in the path'thereof, and means at oppo site sides of and movable with the head for engaging-opposite portions of articles in the path of the head, said means extending parallel with the path of the head and throughout the length of said path.-

2. In a machine of the class described a suction device, a movable presser head for shifting articles in the direction thereof, and means at opposite sides of and parallel with the path of the head for engaging opposite portions of said articles, said means extending throughout the length of said path.

3. 'A machine of the class described "including a suction device, a movable presser head for shifting articles in the direction of said suction device, parallel flexible devices at opposite sides and extending throughout the length of the path of the head for frictionally engaging opposite portions of said articles and for receiving motion from said articles.

4. machine of the class described ineluding a suction device, a movablehead for pressing articles in the directionof said de-' vice, parallel flexible brushes at opposite sides and extending throughout the length of the path of the head for engaging opposed portions of the-articles and adapted to be shifted with the head by the articles,

5. A machine of the class described including a suction device, a movable head for from the head to said elements to shift the elements bodily with the head, and means for shifting the suctiondevice into and out of engagement with the articles.

7. A machine of the class described including a suction device, a movable head for shifting articles toward said device, flexible brushes disposed at opposite sides of the path of the head and adapted to engage opposite portions of said articles, said articles constituting means for transmitting motion from the head to the brushes, and means for shifting the suction device toward and away from the head to engage the articles in the path thereof.

'8. A machine of the class described in eluding a suctiondevice, a movable head for pressing articles toward said device, endless belts at opposite sides of the path of the head, said belts having flexible brushes movable therewith for frictionally engaging opposite portions of the articles shifted by the head and for receiving motion from said articles.

'9. A machine of the class described including a suction device, a movable head for pressing articles toward said device, endless belts at opposite sides of the pathof the head, said belts having flexible brushes movable therewith for frictionally engaging oposite portions" of the articles shifted by'the liead and for receiving motion from said articles, and means. for shifting the suction device toward and away from the head.

-10. A machine of the class described including a suction device, a movable head for pressing articles in the directiomof said device, a conveyer extending transversely of the path of thehead and having receiving portions, means at opposite sides of the path of the head for frlctionally engaging and moving, with opposed port ons of said articles, and means for shifting the suction.

device toward and away from the head to engage. and pull on an article, saidjarticle f being shiftable into a receiving portion of movable by said cartons, means for shifting the suction device into contact with a folded carton, means for automatically returning the suction device to its initial position to open the folded cartons, and means movable transversely of the path of the head for receiving a carton and conveying it from the machine.

12. A machine of the class described including a suction device, a movable head for shifting folded cartons toward said means, flexible brushes movably mounted at oppo-' site sides of the path of the head for engaging and movingwith opposed portions of the folded cartons, means for shifting the suction into contact with one of the cartons, means for returning said device to its initial position to open the carton, and a conveyer having carton receiving portions, and movable transversely of the path of the head.

13. A machine of the class described including a suction device, a movable head for shifting'folded cartons toward said device, 3

oppositely disposed endless belts having their inner runs parallel with the path of the head and at opposite sides of said path,

'bythe cartons, means for shifting the suction deviceagainst one of these cartons,

flexible brushes carried by the inner runs means for returning said device to its'initial position to open a carton to receive a bottle,

and means movable under. the path of the head for receiving the cartons and a bottle contained therein and conveying them from the machine. In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

4 CLIFFORD E. WENDTE.

- JOHN NASH.-

, Witnesses:

CORAL DoUs'r, G. W. BoYn'roN. 

